---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Local Gov't Death Benefit."
description: "Increase Local Gov't Death Benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1513"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1513 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "REP. BELL", "REP. G. WILSON", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-18"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05204413-89a2-45a7-a996-aa0a1886f1f6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1513&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9eb521f22f56f2d2b3561ce2b8e60dfb862d44e84b6caf7d29cddc4e738c072"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 1513 (2003) — Increase Local Gov't Death Benefit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1513v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1513v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1513v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1513v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- G. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-136 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-12** Ratified
- **2004-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-07** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-07** Rec From House
- **2004-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2004
- **2004-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-19** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05204413-89a2-45a7-a996-aa0a1886f1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).